Infuriating

Dame Jenni Murray, never previously known as a shrinking violet, thinks either she was underpaid at Woman's Hour, or her replacement, Emma Barnet is overpaid. 

She tells Stella magazine, part of the Sunday Telegraph "Well that really pisses me off.  I was talking to an old colleague the other night and she was saying how horrified she is at what’s being paid now. We worked so hard and had high profiles, but we didn’t earn anything like [that]. It’s more than irritating. It’s infuriating actually. I don’t think, no matter how good they are, they are worth all that money. It’s a public broadcasting service. I’ll be hacked off when I still have to pay my licence in four years."

Dame Jenni has said she was paid just over £100,000 for Radio 4's Woman's Hour; Emma Barnett's total package for the last year was £240,000+. The Mail on Sunday has sought an explanation from the BBC: "Emma's salary for 2020/21 covers her 4 days a week hosting Woman's Hour, as well as Newsnight, her former 5 Live show [three hours, four days a week] and other BBC work. Jenni hosted Woman's Hour [a full 45 minutes in Jenni's day] 2.5 days a week pro rata'.